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Canada loses to Germany, will play for bronze medal in women's soccer

Canada’s golden dreams have been crushed, losing to Germany 2-0 in women’s soccer in the semi-final at the Olympics on Tuesday.

Their tournament isn’t over though, as Canada will play the hosts from Brazil for bronze at 9 am PT (12 pm ET) on Friday.

“I thought they worked hard tonight, they’ve given it their all and they came up short,” Canada’s head coach John Herdman said post-match. “We’re going to have to fight with the Brazilians for the bronze medal. I was in this situation four years ago, we’ll bring it home. We have to. That’s what we’ve promised to do.

“We’ll bring you a medal home, Canada. That’s our job now.”

Germany got on the board first on a well taken penalty from Melanie Behringer in the 21st minute.

Germany was awarded the chance after a terribly ill-timed tackle by Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan at the edge of the box. The tackle was an unnecessary play from a young player with immense talent. She should learn from it.

Just like Canada’s game against Germany in the preliminary round, they found themselves down 1-0 off a penalty early in the game.

Buchanan had a chance to redeem herself in the 45th minute, getting a dangerous header on goal off a corner. But the 1-0 scoreline was how it stayed at halftime.

The Germans got the insurance marker in the 60th minute from Sara Daebritz, who put a shot past goalkeeper Stephanie Labbe from top of the box.